Appfire
SeniorDataEngineer-DataInsights
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“Senior Data Engineer - Data Insights at Appfire. Skills: Data engineering, Cloud infrastructure, Data platform architecture. Own solution development lifecycle. Build Proof of Concepts”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure stability and performance; Empower company-wide decision-making; Ensure accurate data ingestion; Ensure secure data availability
Industry & Context.
Solve complex data puzzles; Resolve edge cases
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years data engineering role, 5+ years building data products, 5+ years advanced SQL, 5+ years complex ETL/ELT, 5+ years advanced Python, 5+ years AWS cloud environments, 5+ years Terraform, 5+ years Docker, 3+ years dbt
Nice to Have
Kubernetes experience a plus
What You'll Do.
Own solution development lifecycle
Build Proof of Concepts
Build Minimum Viable Products
Iterate production solutions
Stand up data delivery solutions
Optimize data delivery solutions
Manage data pipelines
Develop integration patterns
Develop custom data pipelines
Architect data solutions
Maintain data solutions
Maintain cloud infrastructure
Evolve custom data lake
Manage Fivetran operations
Manage custom pipeline operations
Implement data quality checks
Spearhead AI adoption
Automate Pull Requests
Enforce 'definition of done'
Accelerate test coverage
Accelerate release management
Integrate AI capabilities
Develop intelligent assistants
Develop intelligent agents
Drive proof-of-concepts
Implement PII management
Apply masking policies
Enforce row-level security
Enforce column-level security
Develop monitoring solutions
Deploy governance strategies
Champion best practices
Reduce technical debt
Provide technical mentorship
Provide soft-skill mentorship
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Internal partners; External partners; Business teams; Analytics teams; Engineering teams; Cross-departmental projects
Communication Scope
Translate technical architectures
Process & Methodology
Agile, Project leadership, Multitasking
Full Job Description
At Appfire, we believe that great work happens when people get to choose how they work. After 20 years of creating software that empowers teams to break silos and collaborate seamlessly, we've learned that one size does not fit all. We’re a team of 800+ employees, working remotely across 28 countries. Our flagship products include: Appfire Flow, JXL, Comala Document Management, 7Pace Time Tracker, Jira Misc Workflow Extensions, and BigPicture. Here you can read some of our customer stories: https://appfire.com/resources/resource-library/customer-stories About the role: Data is the fuel behind Appfire's global footprint. We’ve grown fast, and now our focus has shifted toward building the most mature, high-performing data platform in our industry. We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to take ownership of our core infrastructure, champion engineering excellence, and help shape the future of our data ecosystem. Leveraging your expert Python, SQL, and cloud infrastructure skills, you will develop pragmatic architectures that ensure stability and performance across the organization. As a key member of our central data insights team, you will evolve our custom data lake ("firelake" built on AWS and Snowflake). To accelerate our platform optimization efforts, you will ruthlessly eliminate technical debt, resolve edge cases, and introduce modern, AI-driven development practices. This isn't just about maintaining pipelines; it's about architecting a highly secure, resilient, and scalable foundation that empowers company-wide decision-making. If you love solving complex data puzzles, driving overarching data strategy, and seeing the direct impact of your work across an entire organization, let's talk. What you’ll do: Data Delivery Solution Lifecycle Ownership: Own the complete solution development lifecycle, from driving initial requirements to building Proof of Concepts (POCs) and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), and continuously iterating to improve and scale production
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